Improvement in fountain-pens



fPA'rENT OFFICE.

inspirieren=1)1ECKMANNArm FRIEDRICH BURGAU, or* Nnwvonin. v.' y

' IMPROVEMENT INl Fo'uNTAlN-i'-ENe Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 207,392, dated August 27, 1878 application filed y January' 31,1878. v

To all fuzhom .it may concewu Beit known y'that we, DIEDRIGH L. DIECK- MANN. and FRIEDRIGH BURGAU, both of the city, county, and State of New York, have in vented vnewand. useful v Improvements in -Fountain-Pens'; and wev hereby. declare that the followingis an `exact and truerdescription f of our invention, whichv will enable others to make and fuse the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and iigures of reference marked thereon.

Theobject of our invention is `to simplify the construction and increase the usefulness and adaptability of fountain-poens.` v v v,Our-invention consists inv attaching to the lower end of theholder` of a fountain-.penv a simple device, by aid ofwhich the inkis regulated in iio'wing down to the pen; also, in at- -taching to the upper end of the holder of a fountain-pen a movable cap, .which serves to hold the' ink that 'may escape through and around the float.

In order to more*l fully describe our inven tion, 'we refer to the drawings. l l

F-gure 1l- 's a side view'. of our improved fountain-pen, Fig,'2 is a' sectional View. Fig.

3 is .a plan sectional view taken on line .t au,

Fig. 1-. Fig. 4 is a plan sectionalview taken on line y y, Fig. 1.

A is a hollow tuba-conical in shape, and the top n is vprovided with. a hole, a. The lowerA end, m, of this tube is also made conical in 'shap'e,and provided with a hole, g. The' end m is covered 'with a fcap, D, to `th'elower end of which is fastened a tube, F,'conical in lshape and provided' .with a'hole .or openings', which correspondswith the hole o inthe cap D. The cap Disprovidedwith a slot, p, into which is inserted a set-screw, r, on which the lcap is allowed to ,turn as` `far as theslot 'will allow. f 'I l Around placed the sleeve F, which is placed at its lower lend alittle dista-ut from the saidtube,

= By sucking, the ink will pass through the hole thecap D and the conical tube lE' is l soas'to permit a pento enter and be held be- Y tween the same.

The end n of'the hollow tubehandle is covered lwith a movable cap,'B, with hole d. This cap is provided with a slot, b, .into which is placed-aset-screw, e, by aid of which said cap .is 'held to the end n, and also allowed to turn as far as the slot will permit.

' Into the hollow tube-handle is placed a float, K, which is made to fit tightlyth'e bf of the tube A. p Touseour improved fountain-pen, first adjust'thecap D so that the hole o in the same is ,placed'op'posite the. hole g,"then adjust the cap B so that the hole d is placed 'opposite the hole a. vClhe end mis placed' into a vessel iilledwith ink, and the Vend n into the mojth.

g into the' hollowr tube A, and lwill continue t0- iow into. the same until the float K presses against the hole ja; then turn the lower cap, D, thus preventing the ink from escapin g the tube. Turn the cap B, which. prevents any escape lof the ink at the upper end when` the holder is laid down or carried. I To write with the pen, turn the cap D, which allows the ink from the tubeto flow onto the l,

pen. n

Having thus described our invention, we desire to claim- 1'. The cap D, with-hole o,l slot p, conical tube E, Awith hole s, and sleeve F, in combination with the end m of .tube A, with hole g, set-screw r, and float K, substantiallyas 'and for the purpose set fort l -'2.The cap B,Awith hole d and slot b, in `combination with the end n of hollow tube A', 'with hole a, the set-screw c, and iloat K', substantially' as and for the purpose set forth.

DIEDRIOH L.j DIEGKMANN.'` FRIEDRICH BURGAU. Y in v l/Vitnesses: FRANKLIN BARRITT, 0H. RIEGELMAN. L 

